questionText: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his policy to issue a condition on all fishing licences to prevent vessels from using bottom-towed gear to fish within marine protected areas.
answerText: The designation and management of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) is a devolved competency and the information provided therefore relates to England only. Nearly 60% of the 181 English MPAs are already protected from damaging fishing activity by byelaws inc...
heading: Fisheries: Licensing